Even in an age of e-readers and iPads, books are still golden. Books & reading quotes remind us of the importance of books, no matter if they are a picture book we read to our child, a somewhat boring textbook we study for finals, or the latest bestseller that has us on the edge of our seat, page after page. Through books & reading quotes, we can rediscover our love of the written word through the words of others who may indeed be famous writers. Or simply those who have never earned a name for themselves in literature, but share our love of books.
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"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
Essays, Volume 2 (1899)
The quote continues, explained by Bacon himself, "That is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."
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Known during his lifetime as a gifted actor, poet and playwright, William Shakespeare, was also an impresario, owning the most successful of all London theaters, The Globe, which opened in 1599. During his life, Shakespeare authored an estimated 37 plays, 154 sonnets, two narrative poems and two" lost plays". He is only known to have graduated from grammar school, there being no records of him attending Oxford or Cambridge. His most famous and beloved plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, the latter was actually based on a short poem by Arthur Brooks. As fitting of a playwright, his o…
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